Receptacle support



March 29, 1932. L. v. ARONSON 1 1,851,569

RECEPTACLE SUPPORT Filed Feb. 3, 1930 ,nunnnnu INVENTOR Loads 64mm; 0/72 ATTORN EYS Patented Mar. 2 9, 1932 tours v., 1ino1\rso1v,.or NEWARK, nnwaeasni, AssIcNoa To Y'METAIQ wo aizsinve,

' V a A GOR PeOBATIO N or NEW JEBSEY f F B e w EiW f Q Application m arebmar 3, 930. "seri msfeeig a Y My inventionrelates to a support holder for any suitable receptacle, container, casing or the like. 1 .My invention relatespr'imarily to ainovel and simple arrangement for detachably sup-j porting a receptacle or the like on a support orholder. .e

Further advantages, characteristics and ob-.

' jects of my invention'willbecome apparent from the following description taken in con-' nection with the accompanying drawings;

My invention resides'in the support, holder, detachable arrangementland features of construction vof the character hereinafter *described and claimed.- v 1 For anillustration of onefofthe many" forms of myl'inventiomreference is to be had a my invention;

to the accompanying drawings in which-z,

Figure 1' is: a perspective View 'of anar- 1n accordance. w th rangement constructed Figure 2 is averticalfsectional viewppartly in elevation, of a holder orsupport" constructed in accordance with-my invention;

anvsuitable standard'S. supported on the floor or -'other'suitable surface by a suitable base Bl p In the example shown the receptacle R comprises a relatively flatbottom-wall and,

' therefore it: is desirable that the upper sur face ofmemberM have a substantially plane section 1 whichmay be secured directly to the standard S if desired but, preferably and as shown, said section 1 has side wall structure 2 depending therefrom v the standard Sfwithwhichsaid wallstructure 2 maybe integrally or separately formed i as desired;

1 Upstanding from thesectionfl ofinember fingers are spaced around the section l'ipref-i erablya't equal distances fromeacl1 otlie1'.'

a p -illustrated,the fingers 3 and 3aarej1n0n ad ustable with resp' ect to thefsectionl wherei as the finger 36:; ispivotallygorzotherwise, ,7 mounted thereon so as tobfe movable with-re spect thereto. ",The fingers 3 and 3a may be formed integrally with the sectionJ l ifdeg then secured thereto infsuita'bl'e manner. In the example; shown,'-1 the finger 3b is pivoted to the zlnemberi M, the, pivotalan j frangementfbeingsuch as is suitable and desir-, able. Tothis end and as illustrated,-the side wall structure 2 of memb'erlM andvthe 'over lying part of sectionlmaybe cut aw-ayes] I shown.in Figures2,3 and-4 to define an opening at oppositesides of which the respective si-red 'or theyinfay be separately-formedand it walls,;2b are dispose'cLthelatter preferably beingformed integrallywith the-wall struc time 2 and disposed in parallel relation with respectto each other, or substantially so, a

strengthening section 2c'connecting said walls 26 if desired. Depending from the finger 3 are the spaced members 30 each having. a lat-i eral finger 8d loosely'receivedin a perforae tifon formedina wall2b.= By virtue of, the

construction just described, the finger is disposed for, free pivotal. movement on the member Mand may be swung to the'position a shown inFigure 3- when desired.

To the end that thelfinger leasably retained in the position shown-in Figure 2, one end ofahelical spring l may be connected thereto, asqat 5, said spring 4:

extending through the vspace deiined by; the

side wall structure 2 of member 71M and being may suitably connected, as by the headedpin 6, to

r the opposite side of said wall structure 2. V V The finger 3b, in the form of my invention Y 7 herein shown, is retained in the position shown in Figure 2 bythe'spring-it which holds the same against the receptacle R and, prefer ably, the construction is such that it will remain, independently of manual control, in the position shown in Figure 3. To this end with one form of mechanism for accomplishing this result,;the point is adapted to overtravelastraight line extending from the end to effect the above described'over tra'velling of pin 6, to whichspring 4 is c0nnected,:to; the pivotal axis of the members 30. Hence, after the finger '3?) has been manually swung.

.and they receptacle R removed therefrom Y Y when it'is desired to empty the same. Ac- Y cordingly, it is not necessary to transport the-standard S about and invert the same when performing the action just described.

Furthermore, said receptacle R, even though 7 readily detachable, is securely and firmly retained at the top of the standard and may not bedisengaged therefrom in an accidental manner.

ash receiver, etc., it shallbe understood that my"inventi'onijislnotto be so limited. This follows because saidreceptacle B -may be of 7 action, thespring 4 becomes effective to swing the finger 3b clockwise, Figure 3, rather than I counter-clockwise, such clockwise movement being-suitably limited, as by the stop lugs 2d.

In the form of my invention herein shown,

"the receptacle R-is' circular, Figure2,and the Y side wall structure thereof presentsan ex terior curved surface, the fingers 3, 3a and 36 being curved in correspondence with such curved surface. Accordingl the fingers 3',

, Bipand 3b'form a pocket'for'thereceptacle R 1 v to retain-the same "on thememberM as illus- V Y 7 tratedparticulafly in Figure 1. 1.

' ber"M-,-'the finger 3 b may beswung in a clockthe position shown in Figure 3, the'spring 4 by the above described toggle action, holds said finger 3b in that position. I'This action is advantageous because leaving the parts in 7 around said member M', or equivalent; o I

suc hf relation that the receptacle lt -may be readily -replaced on the 1 member M without I Y 'the ne'cessity of first d'epressing the finger 36.

, In accordance with an important applica I Y tion of my invention, the receptacle R is ine tended'to' be used as an "ash receiver or asa tray receiving the unused parts of cigarettes,

cigars, or the like. When the receptacleR I is to be thus utilized, itfis desirable that'one or more of the fingers. 3, 3a'and 3b have a member 7 secured thereto,' 'tlie member or members 7 being of channel-shape configuration and serving as a support upon which a I lighted or unlighted cigar or cigarett a be I disposed. V o q V. v

:If desired,,eacl1 of thefingers 3, 3a and 3?) may be formed with a fiangeS ,towhichone'of the aforesaid members '7, is suitably secured. Furthen'if desi ed, each member 7 may-project a suitable distance beyond the flange 8 over orbeyond thetop of the receptacle R. aIt becomes apparent, therefore, that my novel arrangement ishighly advantageous particularly when the receptacle- R'is to be 'usedasdescribed" above. This follows be: cause the finger 36 may readilybe depressed other than-as herein described.

anysuitable configuration and may beadaptor objects ed to receive any suitable object Further, it shall be understood that in lieu ofthe standard S and 'baseB', the'sup pbrtfor the reeptacl y Q eherwise V as desired. 7 I

1 Although the herein f described member M has been shown ashavingi three finger-like members upstanding therefrom, it shall-be f understoodthat the number of each fingers I Although my invention has been particu- V ,larly described in connectionwith a smokefls article where the receptacle R functions as an maybe variedas'de sired and that they may be symmetrically or otherwise lgrouped While the invention has been described with "respect to a'certain particularpreferred example which gives satisfactory results,-i-t

will be understood by those skilled-l in the art after understanding the Y invention, that various changes and modifications may "be made without departing "from the spirit and scope of the "invention and it is intended thereforein the appended claims to cover all such changesand modifications.

\Vhat is claimed as new and'desired to be secured'by'Letters Patent is: Y I

11;, The combination with a hollow support 5 having'a fiat upper surface, a plurality. of

,1'10 from saidsupport, one ofsaid fingers bespaced, receptacle-retaining fingers upstande ing pivoted for movementin substantially a vertical plane, the other'of said fingers being non-movable with respect to said sup;

port, and a helical springinsa'id' support and j extending through an opening in the wall thereof forlconnectionxto' said last named fingen'. o Y 2; The combination with a support off a plurality of spaced, receptacle-retaining fin gersupstanding from said support, and

means for pivotingione' of" said fingers, said means comprising spaced, walls extending from saidsupport, a member depending from said last named finger and having pivotal connectionwith said walls, a stop surfacewith whi ch said depending member-is coactable,

and'a spring for holdingysaid-last named finger in receptacle-retainingposition;

v The combination with a hollow-support,

of a plurality of spaced, receptacle-retaining fingers upstanding from said support, one of 7 said fingers being pivoted for movement in substantially a vertical plane, and a helical spring extending through said support, one end of said sprin being connected to said support and the otlier end thereof being con nected to said one finger, said spring controlling said finger by toggle action and be- 10 ing adapted'to bias it in each of opposite directions. a

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification. 1

LOUIS V. ARONSON. 

